Seed-corn-drying stand.



J. M. HOGAN.

SEED-CORN DRYING STAND. I

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1915.

1,186,904. PatentedJune13,1916.

Witness? 'INB cnLuMmA PLANOORAPH c0. WASHINGTON. n. c.

throughout the several views, and in which;

U JAMES M. HOGAN, or LEXINGTON, ILnn'vorsI To'aZZ whom it may 00mm:

, Be it known that 1, JAMES HoGAN-,

a citizen'of the United states residing, at; Lexington, in the countyfoffMcLean, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementslin Seed-Corn-Dryingj Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper-- tains to make and use the same.

larly adapted'for holding ears of corns or the like whereby the kernels may be prop- V hold the corn, andwhich whennot'in use structure of the frame, in such manner as 'to provide a substantially rigid structure to insure against accidental collapsing, and

wherein a minimum number of securing bolts or other means may be employed, so as to reduce to a minimum the material required for such a rack and the labor neces sary in setting it up or collapsing it.

With the above and, other obj sets and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly 1n the novel comb1nat1on,for-,

mation and arrangement of parts as'more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the appended claim.

reference designate corresponding parts F igure'l is an elevational view of the improved seedj corn drying stand. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to th accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the improved stand is shown as comprising four corner posts 5 which are preferably square in cross section, and'which are copies of this patent may be obtained for I maeoammm srhnn.

' {*Applicatirin filed July 16,1915. Serial no. 40,315.

bolts or'screws 8. -Any number ofstrips maybe employed in proportion, to the amount of corn desiredto' be stored on the stand.

For supporting thegcorn, 'angular'prong members 9 are provided and secured to the members, each bolt serving 'to secure a prong TlllS inventlon relates to new 'andfuseful improvements in racks or stands part1cu-.

on each side of the strip.

'Io prevent collapsev of the structure de- Specifi catioliof Letters Patent. 1 PatentedJline 13,1916l 15 I I l I I I 5. 7

stand, and these stripsformthe sides of the;

'fstrips -7, which are preferablylgformed of scribed, a pair'of brace links 11 are pro vided, each of whicheXtend from the upper I end of one post to the lower end of the di agonally opposite post, the ends of the braces beingsecured, as by. the bolts 12 ingfthrough their flattened. ends.

By the structure described, the corn carry; ing strips 7 form part of the essential structure of the frame, and the frame is. held 7 pass; I

against collapsingas stated, by the links so 7 that an economy of structure and an econ0- o my oflabor in assemblingthe device is effected, as a securing means for eachend of the various strips and braces being composed" of only one bolt or screw.

While I have illustrated and described a particular embodiment of my invention, I I have merely done so for the sake of convenience and I do not wish to be limited to that V particular embodiment as it is obvious that numerous changes'may be made within the" details of construction thereofwithout in any way departing from the spirit of the inpended claim.

What I claim. is:

post, and a pair of links each extending from the'upp er end of one post to the lower end of the diagonally opposite post.

vention or exceeding the scope offthe ap= loo In testimony whereof, I affix my signa- I ture,"in the presence oftwo witnesses.

'7 M.IIOGAN.

Witnesses; '7

JorrnMoRREsnY,

Trm As HOGAN.

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